gnash
verb[T]
us/næʃ/tobringyourtopandbottomteethtogetherquickly
Idiom
gnashyourteeth
Examplesofgnash
gnash
Probably related to gnashing of teeth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She speaks in sharp piercing shrieks, her eye boils, and she gnashes her fang.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is also very timid, and gnashes his teeth in fear if the lights are out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The general public dare notgnashtheir teeth in wrath about the meat situation because they cannot afford new teeth.
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I suppose that we are hard on our dentures because wegnashour teeth so much.
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Would you not throw yourself down andgnashyour teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus?
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gnashis available both as a standalone player for desktop computers and embedded devices, as well as a plugin for several browsers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We have a market with a fixed price (one can hear economists gnashing their teeth already).
From theCambridge English Corpus
He kept baring and gnashing his teeth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Why, then, are purse the lips andgnashthe teeth not pleonastic?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Consider the case ofgnashthe teeth and purse the lips.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Much weeping and gnashing of teeth took place.
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I should have thought that there was enough weeping and gnashing of teeth already.
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We have had a good deal of weeping and gnashing of teeth here today.
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Therefore, the relevance of collecting statistics, so that we can have a wailing and gnashing of teeth, will not help homeless people.
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